Robert Vink

14.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
210 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Robert Vink is a scholar working on Neurology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Vink has authored 210 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Neurology, 67 papers in Epidemiology and 62 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Robert Vink's work include Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (118 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (60 papers) and S100 Proteins and Annexins (31 papers). Robert Vink is often cited by papers focused on Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances (118 papers), Traumatic Brain Injury Research (60 papers) and S100 Proteins and Annexins (31 papers). Robert Vink collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Netherlands. Robert Vink's co-authors include Alan I. Faden, Paul Demediuk, Tracy K. McIntosh, S. Scott Panter, Ibolja Černak, Emma Thornton, Corinna van den Heuvel, Alan Nimmo, James Donkin and Deanne L. Heath and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Robert Vink

208 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

The Role of Excitatory Am... 1989 2026 2001 2013 1989 1989 2020 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Role of Excitatory Amino Acids and NMDA Receptors in Traumatic Brain Injury
    1989 1.3k citations Alan I. Faden, Robert Vink et al. profile →
  2. Traumatic brain injury in the rat: Characterization of a lateral fluid-percussion model
    1989 982 citations Tracy K. McIntosh, Robert Vink et al. Neuroscience profile →
  3. Automated deep-learning system for Gleason grading of prostate cancer using biopsies: a diagnostic study
    2020 421 citations Wouter Bulten, Hans Pinckaers et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert Vink 5.6k 3.5k 3.1k 2.0k 1.4k 210 10.9k
Lars Hillered 4.6k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.8× 173 9.3k
John T. Povlishock 7.6k 1.4× 3.7k 1.0× 5.2k 1.7× 1.8k 0.9× 2.2k 1.6× 132 11.5k
Kathryn E. Saatman 5.2k 0.9× 3.3k 0.9× 3.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 132 9.1k
J. Marc Simard 5.7k 1.0× 3.3k 0.9× 3.0k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 249 12.3k
Claudia S. Robertson 8.9k 1.6× 3.0k 0.8× 4.4k 1.4× 1.9k 0.9× 3.2k 2.3× 277 13.9k
C. Edward Dixon 6.0k 1.1× 3.6k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 1.8k 1.3× 154 10.0k
Robert J. Dempsey 3.3k 0.6× 3.5k 1.0× 3.8k 1.2× 2.4k 1.2× 700 0.5× 277 16.5k
Esther Shohami 4.3k 0.8× 5.0k 1.4× 2.4k 0.8× 3.0k 1.5× 774 0.6× 238 14.7k
Steven H. Graham 2.9k 0.5× 6.2k 1.8× 1.8k 0.6× 3.0k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 163 14.0k
Ross Bullock 5.6k 1.0× 2.0k 0.6× 2.7k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 2.0k 1.5× 136 8.2k

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All Works

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Vink, Robert & Alan Nimmo. (2024). Identification of an Intravenous Injectable NK1 Receptor Antagonist for Use in Traumatic Brain Injury. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(6). 3535–3535. 2 indexed citations
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Byard, Roger W., et al.. (2023). Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)—features and forensic considerations. Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology. 19(4). 620–624. 5 indexed citations
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Bulten, Wouter, Hans Pinckaers, Hester van Boven, et al.. (2020). Automated deep-learning system for Gleason grading of prostate cancer using biopsies: a diagnostic study. arXiv (Cornell University). 77 indexed citations
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Agoston, Denes V., Robert Vink, Adel Helmy, et al.. (2019). How to Translate Time: The Temporal Aspects of Rodent and Human Pathobiological Processes in Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 36(11). 1724–1737. 33 indexed citations
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Corrigan, Frances, et al.. (2018). The amyloid precursor protein derivative, APP96-110, is efficacious following intravenous administration after traumatic brain injury. PLoS ONE. 13(1). e0190449–e0190449. 16 indexed citations
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Bekers, Elise M., Patricia J.T.A. Groenen, Marian Verdijk, et al.. (2017). Soft tissue angiofibroma: Clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical and molecular analysis of 14 cases. Genes Chromosomes and Cancer. 56(10). 750–757. 36 indexed citations
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Turner, Renée J., et al.. (2016). Combined Magnesium/Polyethylene Glycol Facilitates the Neuroprotective Effects of Magnesium in Traumatic Brain Injury at a Reduced Magnesium Dose. CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. 22(10). 854–859. 12 indexed citations
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Vink, Robert & E. W. Thornton. (2015). Substance P and its tachykinin NK1 receptor: a novel neuroprotective target for Parkinson′s disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10(9). 1403–1403. 13 indexed citations
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Moorman, A. M., et al.. (2012). The prognostic value of tumour-stroma ratio in triple-negative breast cancer. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 38(4). 307–313. 111 indexed citations
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Corrigan, Frances, Robert Vink, Peter Blumbergs, et al.. (2012). sAPPα rescues deficits in amyloid precursor protein knockout mice following focal traumatic brain injury. Journal of Neurochemistry. 122(1). 208–220. 62 indexed citations
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Vink, Robert, et al.. (2011). Magnesium in the Central Nervous System. BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library). 134 indexed citations
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Heuvel, Corinna van den, Emma Thornton, & Robert Vink. (2007). Traumatic brain injury and Alzheimer's disease: a review. Progress in brain research. 161. 303–316. 172 indexed citations
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Vink, Robert, et al.. (2004). The role of magnesium in traumatic brain injury.. PubMed. 14(8). 9–14. 34 indexed citations
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Nimmo, Alan, Ibolja Černak, Deanne L. Heath, et al.. (2004). Neurogenic inflammation is associated with development of edema and functional deficits following traumatic brain injury in rats. Neuropeptides. 38(1). 40–47. 116 indexed citations
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Heath, Deanne L. & Robert Vink. (1998). Blood-free magnesium concentration declines following graded experimental traumatic brain injury. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation. 58(2). 161–166. 21 indexed citations
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Yamakami, Iwao, Robert Vink, Alan I. Faden, et al.. (1995). Effects of acute ethanol intoxication on experimental brain injury in the rat: neurobehavioral and phosphorus-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies. Journal of neurosurgery. 82(5). 813–821. 31 indexed citations
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Singh, Satya P., Robert Vink, & Peter J. Rogers. (1984). Regulation of lactate dehydrogenase inBrochothrix thermosphacta. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 22(1). 73–76. 5 indexed citations

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